Shoe protector



R.V H. ANDERSON.

SHOE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION mio JuLv 25, 1919.

1,403,474, Patented Jah. 17,1922.

v// Roy /nde'mom responding surfaces of the sole.

UtuTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. y

ROY 1I. ANnEEsON, or ALLENTowN, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNOR OP ONE-HALL` To n. GIBSON HAsTINGs, or ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND A. HABLAN ELLIOTT,

OP PHILADELPHIA', PENNSYLVANIA.

y SHOE PROTECTOR;

.. Application led July 25,

To all whom it may concern.' i Y Be it known that I, ROY I-I. ANDERSON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh, btate of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toe protectors for shoe soles and it is my purpose to provide a protector of this .type through the instrumentality of which the toe portion .of the sole of a shoe may be restored to its normal shape after being worn away and .which may be applied by a person with ordinary skill, thereby saving the expense .and trouble of having the shoe formally repaired.

It is my further purpose to provide a device of the character named, which, when applied to the sole of ashoe will be substantiallyinvisible owing to the fact that 1t is so shaped vand. applied l.that certain vsurfaces thereof will form a continuation of the cor- Itis also my purpose to so construct the device that a portion thereof lmay be clinched into the upper surface of .the sole to inten-V sify the holding action ofthe protector and conceal all joints and in addition, keep thev welt and sole together and protect the toe of the shoe against separating in wet weather.

With the above and other` purposes in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference denote lcorresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the toe protector of a shoe showing my invention applied;

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of what isV shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3, a perspective view of my improved toe protector detached;

Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of what is shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5, a horizontal section through the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, .17 1922.

1919. SeralNo. 313,308.v Y

portion 10 which taperssubstantially fromV its front to its rear and terminates in a-knife Aedge 11; It will be observed however 'that the upper or inner surface 10'` ofthe base portion is curved or dished and that this feature of my constructionis of material adf vantage as it enables the protector to be approtector showing the taperingarrangement plied without 'material trimming after wear 5' of the toe portonof the sole as such worn portion always presents a curved or rounded face. This base portion 10' isprovded with ,a screw opening or passage 12 and nail openings 13 and 14 whereby said base portion may be secured tothe sole 'as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The toe protector also front, whichVV part is of course subjected to* the* greatest Wear.. f The ytoe protector further, comprises an inwardly directed flange."

16 at the upper'end of theV vertical side portion 15. This iange 16 is relatively thin and terminates in a knife edge 17.

In applying the protector to an unworn` shoe the forward portion or rather the toe section of the sole B is chamfered corre-v spondingly to the base portion of the/pro tector so that when `the latter is `applied in place the bottom of said base portion will constitute a continuation of the bottom of thesole and render the Structure substan-V tially invisible. The saine result is attained by cutting away the side edge of the sole to correspond with the taper of the vertical side portion 15. By making the flange 17 relatively thin it ,can be readily clinched into the upper surface of the sole as clearly shown in Fig. 2 and the secureness with which the protector is held in place greatly enhanced. In case where'the sole is provided with prominent stitches on its upper surface or rather on the welt the flange 17 may be perforated as required to conform -comprisesva vertical side portion 15 which v with the stitches. Of coursein applying the protector after wear no trimming of the base of the sole to correspond with the protector is necessary as has previously been pointed out.

Where the welt is plain the flange 17 is correspondingly constructed as illustrated in the drawing. In other Words the shape of the flange 17 may be varied according to the particular' construction of the upper surface of the sole with which it is asso-l ciated, such variation being simply resorted to to secure a more-exact fitting. Y

It will of courseibe-understood that my invention is not limited to therspecific construction illustrated and describedand that various changes can be resorted to without departing from thescope of the invention as defined in the claims. Y

What Irclaim isn` p 1. A protector adapted tor be secured to the, toe portion of aV shoe'sole suitably reduced to receive it, comprising a metallic memberincluding a base portion adapted to z underlie the sole, a verticalV sideportion adapted to embrace the edgeof the sole, and an inwardly directed flange at `the upper edge of the side portion adapted to` overlie i the adjacent to face of the sole, said bottom portion belng thicker at its front than at its rear andy said flange and the outer face of the bottom portion being Adisposed in parallelism throughout their extent whereby, in the secured position or" the. pro- .'tector upon a sole suitablyfreduced to1 receive it, the vertical ASide portion forms an even continuation of theupp'er and lower marginal edges of thesole, the bottom face of the member forms an even continuation of the bottom face of the sole and maximum wearing material is disposed at the point of greatestwear.

2. protector adapted to secured to the toe portion oi" a shoe sole suitably reduced to receive it, comprising metallic member includinga base portion adapted to underlie the sole, av vertical'side portion adapted to embrace the edge ofthe sole, said vertical side portion being thicker intermediately than at its ends and tapering from the front of the member rearwardly protector upon a sole suitably reducedftol receive it, the vertical side portion forms v an even Vcontinuation off theV upper `andl lower marginal edges of the; sole,rthe bottom faceoltthe member forms an even continuation of the bottom face of the sole and maxi mum WearingV material is disposed at the polnt oi greatest Wear. f

3. A toe protector adapted to beA secured to the toe portion of a shoe sole comprising a metallic member including a base portion adapted to underlie the sole7 and a vertical side portion adapted to embrace the edge of the sole, said verticall side portion being thicker intermediately than at its ends andtapering from the vfront of, the member rearwardly. to thin'edges for the purpose set "forth,

lf-n testimony whereof,V I afin; my signatur-ef in the presence offtwo Witnesses. j A f nor) H. ANDERSON.

Vitnesses:

JosEPH P; S'IEGER, VILLIAMAC. Koen. 

